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1953 - McCambridge Park Dedication Plaque

Details
Title

1953 - McCambridge Park Dedication Plaque

Year

1953

Description

McCambridge Park was named for James H. McCambridge, Public Service Department General Manager (1925-1952) and Burbank City Manager (1952). The park had been known in the late 1930s as Civic Center Park and was renamed Glenoaks Park in 1942. It became McCambridge Memorial Park in 1953. From notes on photo: “McCambridge Park dedication 1953.” Plaque reads "Burbank Memorial Rose Garden Dedicated by Disabled American Veterans Auxiliary No. 40 To Gold Star Mothers and Fathers In Loving Memory of Their Sons and Daughters Who Paid the Supreme Sacrifice In the Service of Their Country In World Wars I and II Plaque Presented By City of Burbank 1950"

Address

1515 N Glenoaks Blvd, Burbank, CA 91504

Subject
  • Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
  • Parks and Recreation
  • Plaques, plaquettes
  • Park Facilities
  • Urban Parks
  • McCambridge Park
  • 1950s
Format

7.5x9.5 b&w print

Rights

Burbank Public Library, Burbank in Focus Office

Identifier

cco00545

Physical copy held by

City Clerk's Office

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